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Potential Reinvasion of Lonicera maackii after Urban Riparian Forest Restoration

Kristine N. Hopfensperger, Richard L. Boyce and Devin Schenk
Ecological Restoration, March 2019, 37 (1) 25-33; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.37.1.25
Kristine N. Hopfensperger
Corresponding author: Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky University, 1 Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, KY 41099, .
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Richard L. Boyce
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY.
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Devin Schenk
The Nature Conservancy, Ohio Chapter, Dublin, OH.
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